Begins with a biography that includes information on Norton’s professional relations and then surveys her books for young people to I959. This, combined with Becky D. Peters’ thesis constitutes the best source of biographical information. Lofland’s thesis contains a primary bibliography, a brief secondary bibliography and a list of reviews.

An overview and appreciation of Norton’s life, fiction, attitudes concerning writing, and conception of science fiction by a friend and collaborator (Ernestine Donaldy). The Matrix is the publication of Theta Sigma Phi, a national organization lot women in journalism, which awarded Norton Headliner Award in 1965.

Reviews of The Beast Master and Secret of the Lost Raceby Frederik Pohl in If, January Vol 9, No 6., Published by Digest Productions Corporation, Edited by H. L. Gold, $0.35, 132pg ~ cover by Edward Emshwiller (pg87)

The Asbestos Shelf by Fred Patten ~ Salamander No. 3 (July) (pgs. 5-8) Accompanied by the article by Bill Donaho that inspired Frederick Patten to write the main article. See also a couple of articles with brief mentions of Andre Norton by Fred Patten from Mistily Meanderings #6, October 1963.

Although difficult to obtain and current only to 1961, this article is noteworthy as the first examination of Norton’s adult and juvenile fiction and as the only attempt to annotate Norton’s titles. In the non-bibliographic portion of the article, Patten contends that Norton is an author with one plot: the alienated protagonist who must undergo various rites of passage and ally himself telepathically with noble animals to achieve his manhood. He is also critical of Norton’s female characterization (in contrast to Amanda Bankier, 1974), but sees more effective efforts in The Defiant Agents in the characterization of Kaydessa, the Mongol woman. In addition, Patten detects a movement away from the stylized plot of the masculine rite of manhood in Eye of the Monster and expresses hops for continued plot variation.

Reviewer states that “Andre Norton has found the tight mixture of excitement and maturity and has turned out many solid exciting, high-quality science fiction novels.” Finds the adventures of Hosteen Storm “exciting and imaginative.”

An extensively annotated bibliography of the American editions of Andre Norton’s novels, short stories, and edited anthologies current to 1963, with an index. Each entry includes full bibliographic information as well as original price and the name of the illustrator.

Comments on Norton’s ability effectively to extrapolate, to confront and represent the half-formed fears of childhood that continue into adulthood, and accurately assess biological futures and man’s estrangement from nature.

Review of Catseye by Sheila R. Pinnington (1963) in Vector 20, Published by British Science Fiction Association, Edited by Archie Mercer, 28pgs.

Review of Night of Masks by Ted White in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, November Vol 27, No 5, Published by Mercurey Press Inc., Edited by Avram Davidson, $0.40, 142pg ~ cover by Ed Emshwiller (pg45) See: BOSv.2 page030

Reviews of Ordeal in Otherwhere and Web of the Witch World by P. Schuyler Miller in Analog Science Fact -> Science Fiction, August Vol. LXXIII, No. 6., Published by Condé Nast Publications, Inc., Edited by John W. Campbell, $0.50, 100pg ~ cover by John Schoenherr (pg84)